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Dell Laptop - BIOS password..

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/dell-laptop-bios-password.45444/

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akimbo Original post #1
Jan 2, 2007 at 7:22 PM
Hi.. I am a student and have a dell latitude c840 laptop which was accidentally bios-password locked... Does anyone have a clear-cut solution to get access to my laptop....

It's the BIOS pwd that has been set. There is no HDD password. Pls. reply soon. Thanks...
Kiran.dks
Kiran.dks #2
Jan 2, 2007 at 8:17 PM
You can recover it by using backdoor BIOS password. It is used by manufactures for mainteinance.
For DELL the Backdoor BIOS password is "Dell".